Annelies Nuy

As a conceptual artist, I work with a distinct visual language shaped by my background in fashion and my experience as a repair artist. I am constantly engaged in innovation — not to follow trends, but to anticipate them. Transformation and evolution lie at the heart of my practice.

I prefer working with discarded, forgotten, or obsolete materials rather than anything shiny and new. Not only out of environmental awareness, but because creating something from nothing remains my greatest challenge. I’m fascinated by the act of seeing differently — re-examining what already exists and reframing it within a contemporary context.

My work moves between intuition and intention, between elegance and imperfection. Each piece is part of a broader dialogue about value, perception, and the future we shape through what we choose to see — or not to see.

Through Artivisme Féminin, I initiate an artistic and social platform that amplifies the presence and position of women in art. It approaches female authorship as a vital force within the immersive world — a space still too often defined by technology and a male gaze. A female perspective is not a complement; it is a necessity for a balanced and sustainable future.

My own work explores the te...

Art academy ArtEZ Arnhem

Self-directed interdisciplinary study in art, digital culture, and Feminist art history

recenty

2024

– Abstracts and Opposites, Duomo 4, Acqui Terme, Italy (01.06.2024 – 21.06.2024)

– Perfectly Imperfect, GEWERBEMUSEUM WINTERTHUR, Switzerland (24.11.2023 – 12.05.2024)

– The 10 Most Polluted Paintings – and Their Counterparts, Anasaea (immersive)

– The Future is Female: Quotes from Iconic Women, Anasaea (01.07.2024 – 31.07.2024)

– Reviving the Baroque Women in an Inclusive Gaze, Anasaea (immersive)

– Forgotten Warriors: Queer Histories in Mutation, Anasaea (immersive)

2023

– 100 Women in Art – 500 Years of Inspiration, Anasaea (ongoing immersive exhibition)

– Pop-Up Presentation, WIHH Galerie, Amsterdam

2022

– PopArt Now, X BANK, Amsterdam

– PopArt Now, Galerie Branderhorst, Dordrecht

2019

– Group Exhibition, Vrijpaleis, Amsterdam